How To Use Unforgiving In A Sentence

With a bit of luck, this will finally spell the end of those unforgiving hipster trousers.
He was an unforgiving man who never forgot a slight.
Football can be a cruel business and the Premiership is one of the most merciless and unforgiving of all leagues.
Alaska showed itself to be wild, rugged, unforgiving - yet at the same time alluring and welcoming.
For $3.7 million, you, too, can sit in this singular creation, gaze out at the magnificent sunsets, watch eagles wheel against the bright blue empyrean, pit yourself against the bellowing 74-mile-an-hour winds, the arctic snows, the unforgiving landscape. Undone by a house of dreams

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Its unforgiving tip dimples the skin of his chest.
If you were one of the 16,300 fans who drove through the late autumn mist to sit on those unforgiving wood bleachers on Saturday afternoon, you probably didn't know that the Jayhawks were under the weather, and you probably would have watched the first half and assumed "the crud" was the name of KU's new offense. KansasCity.com: Front Page
His grounding has prepared him for many adversities, but he is also making his mistakes in an unforgiving environment. Times, Sunday Times
Time to take his parting gifts and memories and go home, another victim of an unforgiving business.
This song rests on the talents of vocalist Nicole Jackson, a woman who weeped into Dannii Minogue's unforgiving bosom on the 2009 X Factor as she was tossed aside to make room for Rachel Adedeji. This week's new singles
It's amazing the impact a cracked light switch, dripping tap, or dirty grouting can have on the unforgiving eye.
These are different factors and obstacles we have to go through, trying to survive in this harsh, unforgiving land.
We should tread this unforgiving ground with great care. Times, Sunday Times
Les had gone into the deal with full understanding of how vindictive and unforgiving Arnie and those in his organization could be.
New York water is a special brew of ferocious currents, unforgiving temperatures, treacherous murk, and apocalyptic pollution.
Together they plant and tend a fragile garden in the unforgiving urban wasteland. Times, Sunday Times
Organized but unforgiving slabs of frantic bass and speedfreak drums are topped with distorted vocals, occasionally giving way for handclaps, vocoder voices and electro intros.
Out have gone the unforgiving birch fences with the giant drops. The Sun
It is one of the only books that turns an unforgiving spotlight on the German people and how they came so easily under the sway of the dark cloud of Nazism.
In response the lord takes back his forgiveness and orders the unforgiving slave tortured.
She was then employed by Howard, a changeable character, easygoing one day, an unforgiving taskmaster the next.
With its unforgiving machine memory, the Internet might turn out to be the unlikely conscience of the world.
The underlying rock is unforgiving granite, and the soil above it is so poor that little seems to flourish. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
Unquestionably those good English zealots founded unforgiving theocracies on the soil of New England.
It has much to do with the lottery of life and its unforgiving nature - about fate, synchronicity, and whether what was, was supposed to be; of hopes realized and dashed, and possibly about self-delusion and being generally perplexed.
Voters are unforgiving of ministers about underperforming schools and hospitals that don't deliver.
It couldn't survive the unforgiving light of the eighties, and sloped off to die in embarrassed solitude.
Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.
Despite its ethereal beauty it is also a hostile and unforgiving place. Times, Sunday Times
She likes her own way and is unforgiving if slighted; one journalist who crossed her subsequently found many other powerful doors were slammed in his face.
It came, instead, on a fishing trawler plying its trade in the unforgiving waters off the west coast.
Monaco is a very unforgiving circuit that requires total concentration and focus from everyone involved for the whole weekend.
We'd swap that for unforgiving summer frocks any day. The Sun
What I found was not the cold, unforgiving building I'd expected but a beautifully proportioned and classy interior.
As the former prime minister sat under unforgiving studio lights jibber-jabbering with Andrew Marr, his interviewer of choice, it looked positively sandy on top.
Many Brits buying inland don't realise just how harsh winters in Spain's interior can be, or how unforgiving the scorching summer heat.
But Batista quickly pulled him off the top of the cage and introduced the champ facefirst into all four sides of the unforgiving steel. WWE Championship
The reality is as harsh as bright sunlight is unforgiving. Times, Sunday Times
The heavy loam soil, once tilled by horses, is unforgiving to modern farm machinery. Times, Sunday Times
But casual demeanour belies a character that, say former colleagues, is rather unforgiving of those not in command of the facts. Times, Sunday Times
unforgivingly, he insisted that she pay her debt to the last penny
After all, they swaddle your foot in padding to protect you from the unforgiving concrete. You Walk Wrong « Isegoria
Here the rhetoric is unforgiving and even cultish. Times, Sunday Times
For some, 2002 was an unforgiving year when carefully cultivated images were destroyed by a single ill-advised moment.
The visuals are indeed noisy, harsh, unforgiving, brutal, lo-fi verging on no-fi.
These are the same unforgiving analysts who talked up the technology boom in the hunt for corporate business, shamelessly ramping up the price of stock which many then cunningly sold near the top of the market.
How could someone so cruel and unforgiving sleep like an innocent child, wrapped up in a mother's arms?
Rock music is a harsh world, presided over by a fickle, unforgiving public.
The reality is as harsh as bright sunlight is unforgiving. Times, Sunday Times
Hot and dry in summer, bitterly cold and exposed in winter, the Cevennes may be a harsh and unforgiving land but it possesses a raw, savage and inspiring beauty.
Landing with one failed engine is very unforgiving; you have to get it right on the first approach.
And it is such a cold, unforgiving place that the symbolism of a bombed-out building is unavoidable.
Call them trendsetters, or tacky '70s sham, but the truth is that they were really just trying to make a name for themselves in a rather unforgiving business.
When I ask people why they live in a place so unforgiving, I get straight, immediate answers: wide-open spaces, inconstant weather, even isolation, traits that would discourage many.
It reopened after the war to dwindling attendance because of the people's unforgiving response to its withdrawal four years before.
a surly unforgiving old woman
Wasn't he the very opposite of an avenging, unforgiving spirit? ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The world may be a cruel and unforgiving place, but artists make their own place in it.
Her reluctant guide through the vast, unforgiving terrain of the Northern Territory is the Drover (Hugh Jackman), a rough-hewn cattleman as rugged as Sarah is refined. The IESB
Yet walking out of that theater into the bright andunforgiving light of day, feeling very VUP in my nondesigner jeans,mealy T-shirt, and sneaks, my wallet noticeably lighter in my pocketafter blowing $15 bucks at the concession stand, I felt it impossibleto turn reality off. Not MY Demo, Part 2: 'Sex and the City' | EW.com
We should never lose sight of its sometimes violent and unforgiving nature.
Even many who sympathize with his concerns find his combative style haughty and unforgiving.
The policewoman recognized the olive branch, but her expression remained unforgiving. STAGE FRIGHT
It's a reminder that mountain weather is fickle and unforgiving. Times, Sunday Times
It's a crabbed, narrow, unforgiving quality that was alive and well particularly for a couple of decades after the war.
Sure, a print can be straightened out in the lab, but slide shows are unforgiving.
The walls were painted a serene light yellow, even though the bright white lights lit the room in such a harsh, unforgiving light.
Here the rhetoric is unforgiving and even cultish. Times, Sunday Times
The people of Galmoy were unforgiving, however, and a ballad composed at the time records their anger and frustration.
Separation from the civilisation at the coast, intense droughts and the unforgiving land bred determined survivors. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
Merciless, cruel, and unforgiving," wrote Angela Carter a more obvious admirer in her 1982 preface to this edition: "Stead has a rare capacity to flay the reader's sensibilities. The Man Who Loved Children – review
But for all the jolly quips and witty asides public relations and advertising are tough, unforgiving industries, teaming with showmanship and bravado.
Here's one to ponder, all those out there who will always condemn Israel with a glinty unforgiving gaze, yet eyes wide shut when muslims are the bang to rights perps. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
It can seem impossible to get a handle on this vast and sometimes unforgiving region.
As it is, the world is a cruel and unforgiving place, so in return for his injury all he gets is a load of catcalls, finger pointing and giggling.
In No Enemy to Conquer - a fascinating examination of forgiveness in an unforgiving world - the author, Michael Henderson, refers to the malicious rumors of 2007 which alleged that presidential cand ... Marina Cantacuzino: The Easy Path to Islamic Extremism
Richard Conlon's Brick, handsome, quiet, explosively raging in his guilt and despair over the death of his friend, is the quintessence of the rich boy laid low by unforgiving social mores.
Positioned about 100 miles west-north-west off mainland Scotland, St Kilda is a group of seven islands, which are often inaccessible to divers due to unforgiving weather.
This is the world Elphie encounters as she moves from a life at Shiz University to one of unforgiving and unrelenting segregation.
They sat by the fire on upright chairs, wooden and unforgiving; they were old, I thought, but sadly had no armchair.
That's just over a year since the dedicated York warrior turned professional in the unrelenting and unforgiving arena of Thai boxing.
With brutally unforgiving winters, and summers of drought and fist-sized hailstones, these states practically beg travelers to keep on moving.
A collective groan echoes off the cold cement floor, unforgiving to body parts not usually accustomed to communing with the urban landscape.
This hidden civilization, beautiful and unforgiving, is dominated by a sinister, vicious race called the Styx, who have presided over generations of enslaved colonists. SPLICE Director Vincenzo Natali Digs Potential New Franchise TUNNELS – Collider.com
The desert is an unforgiving place to those who cannot read its signs or understand its subtle warnings.
I mean, we've talked about how unforgiving investors are going to be for a very long time.
When people break their promises to me I can be very unforgiving.
WHAT makes you feel confident enough to wear an unforgiving swimsuit? The Sun
With a rare honesty he subjected his views to the unforgiving accountability of historical fact. Times, Sunday Times
But in and around the unforgiving techno and electro beats, electronic sounds swirl unpredictably.
"You killed her, " Amy said her voice deadly and unforgiving.
But this stark, unforgiving wilderness has proved to be a land of bountiful plenty for one Scottish company.
The investigator's immediate impression was that he was a hard, unforgiving man. THE ASSOCIATE
She glared at him, taking a long drag from the cigarette and exhaling a small cloud of smoke that was quickly swept away by the unforgiving Chicago wind.
I suspect you won't look at that angry, unforgiving driver-in-pursuit in quite the same way again.
Out have gone the unforgiving birch fences with the giant drops. The Sun
This fabulous series stars a kind hearted animal lover who though an amateur sleuth is strong willed; Kendra is opinionated and unforgiving especially at those who harm animals as she is an animal rights advocate. Double Dog Dare-Linda O. Johnston « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
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Despite its ethereal beauty it is also a hostile and unforgiving place. Times, Sunday Times
The ventral shields of the Omega saved him from hulling the fighter on the unforgiving rock.
But casual demeanour belies a character that, say former colleagues, is rather unforgiving of those not in command of the facts. Times, Sunday Times
Examination of the strongly-lit side reveals a harsh, unwelcome surface that is cold, rough and unforgiving.
The brave man is generous and forbearant, never unforgiving and cruel. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance
Nature's brutal and unforgiving approach is most evident when the orca whale savages a newly born grey whale and its mother, tearing away the whole baby's outer jaw in one swift motion.
Take-off even in the conventional manner is a critical phase, unforgiving of mechanical failure or human error.
It's an unforgiving place and Australians who call it home are critically aware of water, for good reasons.
The underlying rock is unforgiving granite, and the soil above it is so poor that little seems to flourish. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
One can still see camel caravans head to the desert and bring back slabs of salt, a round-trip that would last almost a month, crossing the unforgiving Sahara.
The hour-plus finale thankfully shucked much of the grotesque Utah-Mormon-Gothic melodrama murderously mad prophet Alby was taken care of last week, shot down but not killed when he tried to storm the statehouse with the Henricksons inside and stressed the themes of an unorthodox family and marriage unit fighting for acceptance and survival in a judgmental and often violently unforgiving world. Roush Review: Big Love Finale
His manacles were a constant, a twenty-four-hour-a-day weight his body grudgingly accepted in spite of the rawness and swelling caused by the dig of unforgiving metal. Honorbound
But casual demeanour belies a character that, say former colleagues, is rather unforgiving of those not in command of the facts. Times, Sunday Times
It was nurtured during seemingly endless childhood summers of brutally unforgiving seaside picnics, where cheese and apple sandwiches were laced with sand to an almost ridiculous degree. Times, Sunday Times
This is the unforgiving world which Buffel has entered.
But when it comes down to matters of life and death there is something very unnerving about unforgiving anger, even when it is justified.
Nowadays, we are developing a most unforgiving culture.
Separation from the civilisation at the coast, intense droughts and the unforgiving land bred determined survivors. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
We began with me on my back, my head pressed against the thin unforgiving pillow. Archive 2003-03-01
The taipan, is the world's most poisonous snake and also lives in this unforgiving land.
Do not relax for an instant because our working environment is extremely unforgiving.
Miles screamed and fell into an unforgiving darkness filled with endless pain and memories.
It's a reminder that mountain weather is fickle and unforgiving. Times, Sunday Times
Expect rigorous formal argument and an unforgiving intellectual stance. Times, Sunday Times
Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.
Together they plant and tend a fragile garden in the unforgiving urban wasteland. Times, Sunday Times
As crescendo after crescendo uplifts the piece, the group becomes more and more abrasive and unforgiving.
The cold really hurts, but there are moments of raw and aching beauty despite the harsh unforgiving environment.
It's fearsome because it's so unforgiving and nighttime is so dark in the bush it's like you have never seen. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kaaron Warren
But then, all the fish of these pampas and jungle rivers demonstrate a desperately tenacious grip on life that attests to millions of years of evolution in a savagely unforgiving arena.
A small proportion of people are stupid and hence don't get it but the criminal law is pretty much unforgiving of stupidity.
They were opinionated and unforgiving and couldn't agree about anything, let alone painting.
We should tread this unforgiving ground with great care. Times, Sunday Times
But the political game has changed, the media business is more unforgiving, and the old gavel-to-gavel, backroom-dealing, anything-can-happen convention is a distant memory.
A training section with 142 challenges may help you master the most unforgiving hairpin bends, but accuracy is king in this game. Times, Sunday Times
She finds friendship with a homeless boy, but the two find that friendship is not enough to get by on in the dark underbelly of Russia's rough and unforgiving streets.
We'd swap that for unforgiving summer frocks any day. The Sun
Given the fact that an unforgiving spirit is one of the most destructive forces at work in contemporary, secular and spiritual community life, here is a book that could hardly be more timely or heart-searching.
Indoor flying is a further challenge, as the walls of sports halls tend to be unforgiving.
Alone we would surely perish; but working together made sense in a hostile and unforgiving world.
Afghanistan has some of the harshest, most unforgiving terrain in the world.
Many of them have led hard lives already, and they are tough, angry and unforgiving.
But casual demeanour belies a character that, say former colleagues, is rather unforgiving of those not in command of the facts. Times, Sunday Times
The heavy loam soil, once tilled by horses, is unforgiving to modern farm machinery. Times, Sunday Times
It is bleak and grey in that unforgiving metal mass, that immovable obstacle, that hideous lump of common sense; the cursed headfuck that is the way things really are. Archive 2009-02-01
The late 20th century's decline of social deference has led to a journalism which is unforgiving of the elite and its deviations.
The bright, sparkling space adorned with Trinidadian flags and lively with island tunes has a lot of nice house-made touches like the sweet and deadly Scotch-bonnet hot sauce and drinks like mauby, an unforgiving, bitter, and debatably restorative cold infusion made from the steeped bark of the carob tree. Chicago Reader
The girl who grew up around British Naval bases, who once dated a Spitfire pilot and somehow held him enthralled despite being wheelchair bound in a time that was unforgiving to "cripples" (how we wince at the term now), grew up into a writer who understood soldiers and soldiering, empires and subject peoples. Zornhau: My Eagle of the Ninth
The story limns the unforgiving and often repressive claims of memory and family tradition in unresolved discord.
I enjoyed reading The Anchoress's review of the dresses, which includes: "I loved Swank's dress; it was dangerous and bold, and a hard - unforgiving - dress to wear - if her bustline was the merest big bigger, it would have been a disaster, but she pulled it off. The morning after the Oscars.
It was their behaviour that defined them as nice or nasty, as forgiving or unforgiving, envious or the reverse.
The surprising thing is that what emerges from such a brutally hard and unforgiving environment is a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect.
Huge red mesas towered on the horizon and a flat unforgiving landscape rolled out before them.
Out have gone the unforgiving birch fences with the giant drops. The Sun
Behind her smooth exterior can be seen an unforgiving enemy, an untrusting friend and a back-stabbing colleague who lets you carry on only on her terms.
With unfailing constancy tomorrow becomes yet another today, full and hectic with characteristically unforgiving demands which brazenly refuse to be postponed.
But this is the Premiership and it is a harsh, unforgiving place where points don't come cheaply, where missed chances cost you dear and mistakes are mercilessly punished.
The underlying rock is unforgiving granite, and the soil above it is so poor that little seems to flourish. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
Veterans groups are hoping for an Act of Parliament that would officially pardon the soldiers, victims of an unforgiving time.
Her father, General Ross, is the unforgiving and unforgiven force, a person programmed by duty.
The late 20th century's decline of social deference has led to a journalism which is unforgiving of the elite and its deviations.
Earlier, when speaking to journalists, she was equally unforgiving.
The heavy loam soil, once tilled by horses, is unforgiving to modern farm machinery. Times, Sunday Times
Like stone, wood is an unforgiving material that demands a carver with a sure sense of design, an unerring eye for infinitesimal detail, and the patience of Job.
This unforgiving place was the land that had been ruled by Ganon for many years.
But television is an unforgiving medium: it rewards directness and a sense of human spark.
So often football supporters are accused of being unforgiving and unappreciative.
Sure, a print can be straightened out in the lab, but slide shows are unforgiving.
He's a portly gent with an eye patch and black hair forced across his head in an unforgiving comb-over.
He speaks with a tight unforgivingness in his voice.
Seen in history's unforgiving stare, the 21st century will be marked forever by the events of September 11.
Some empirical studies of unforgivingness as a disposition and the personality characteristics it is related to will be presented.
Unforgiving dry, and tempestuous rainy seasons ensure that mankind's foothold here will forever be tenuous.
It would be a daily reminder of one of the most unforgiving - and concentrated - culls of the innocent ever carried out by people on people.
This hidden civilization, beautiful and unforgiving, is dominated by a sinister, vicious race called the Styx, who have presided over generations of enslaved colonists. SPLICE Director Vincenzo Natali Digs Potential New Franchise TUNNELS – Collider.com
The desert is an unforgiving place to those who cannot read its signs or understand its subtle warnings.
But the world is an unforgiving place and best laid plans can go astray.
Here the rhetoric is unforgiving and even cultish. Times, Sunday Times
You are deep in the recesses of a forbidden jungle - an unforgiving place few explorers ever survive.
He's a portly gent with an eye patch and black hair forced across his head in an unforgiving comb-over.
What I found was not the cold, unforgiving building I'd expected but a beautifully proportioned and classy interior.
He will assess the neurobiological response associated with forgiveness and unforgivingness.
It's something to do with their unforgiving outlook on the world; although, sure, they might like to cut loose once in a while, they're starchy collared conservatives at heart.
Phyllis was for one hour haughty and unforgiving over what she called his shameful neglect and, for another, in a fever of unrest to see him. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War
But the markets are cruel and unforgiving places and Milne can see the benefits of a listing as much as understanding the downside risks.
The international market is oversupplied, highly competitive and unforgiving.
A word of warning to anyone planning to visit these Pacific Northwest asphalt wonders: these parks are mean and unforgiving.
Australians tend to be unforgiving, for example, of criminals who have served their jail sentence.
My back and hips were beginning to ache from the unforgiving concrete pressing against them. Garrett Weber-Gale: A Simple Crepe; Salvation on a Cold Night in Paris
Instead, the romantics among us have been left feeling used and abused by the unforgiving vagaries of football.
Freedom from unforgivingness means we must break free from the practice of being unable to forgive.
It is a harsh unforgiving place of black volcanic rock, stunted trees and pounding waves.
The burden of anger, bitterness, and unforgivingness is seen as too high of a mountain to conquer.
To say that some Mexican beds are "unforgiving" is downright kindly. B&B in Central Ajijic
It was nurtured during seemingly endless childhood summers of brutally unforgiving seaside picnics, where cheese and apple sandwiches were laced with sand to an almost ridiculous degree. Times, Sunday Times
Along the way, he has won respect for his ability to hunt monkeys with a blowgun and spend weeks trudging through an unforgiving jungle. 'Gringo chief' Randy Borman helps Ecuador's Cofan Indians survive, thrive
Her prose is sharply on-point when she trains her unforgiving eye on human foibles at large, skewering scholarly attempts to legitimize the series ( "You Hold Your Gun Like a Sissy Girl: Firearms and Anxious Masculinity in BtVs" was one memorable academic paper title); the unwritten rules of "netiquette"; and the persistent irritation of online "trolls. Jennifer Ouellette: A Buffy Fan Gets a Life... Online
In the end it is a mysterious mix of unpredictable weather and bad luck and strange chemistry: a mismatched bunch of people who found themselves stuck with one another in unforgiving terrain. James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven
Vindictive, unforgiving and revengeful, Susan did her utmost to make certain the only other woman remaining in the contest wouldn't win.
Politics is fast and unforgiving, but already the Labour conference triumphs seem dated, while the minor divisions still remain.
With a rare honesty he subjected his views to the unforgiving accountability of historical fact. Times, Sunday Times
Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.

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